Dead Bang is a 1989 action film starring Don Johnson and Tim Reid, and directed by John Frankenheimer. Johnson's character, based on real-life LAPD officer Jerry Beck, tracks the killer of a Los Angeles Sheriff's Deputy and uncovers a plot involving hate literature, white supremacist militias and arms trafficking. The cast also includes Penelope Ann Miller, William Forsythe, Bob Balaban, and Michael Jeter and Bob Everett. Filmed in Calgary, Alberta. A police officer is shot down on Christmas Eve when he stumbles upon a robbery-homicide at a convenience store. A down-on-his-luck L.A. County... Sheriff's Dept. homicide detective, Jerry Beck , is assigned to the case. As with every case, he takes this one very emotionally, because "the job" is the last thing left in his life, and vows to get the perpetrator no matter what. The slain officer's widow further complicates the issue when she entices Beck into a one-night stand, in the hope that Beck will not only find but kill her husband's murderer. During the investigation Beck learns that the murder of a policeman was just the tip of the iceberg, as he finds the roots of the suspect are in a White Supremacist, Neo-Nazi group.
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| Release date: | March 24, 1989 |
| Directed by: | John Frankenheimer |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 102 Minutes |
| Music by: | Michael Kamen |
| Cinematography: | Gerry Fisher |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |